| From: | Max Rible <slothman@*********.ORG> |
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| Subject: | Re: RM Tarot Mage in SR |
| Date: | Wed, 13 May 1998 10:36:06 -0800 |
>>As for which elements go with which spell catagories, just look up
>>Elementals in the BBB. Each one aids with a different type of sorcery.
>>That's how it breaks down. No elementals are associated with Health spells
>>though, so it looks like Max associated them with the non-element-specific
>>cards, the Major Arcana.
>IMO, major arcana should be something else than health spells. I would
>state that the tarot mage isn't able to cast health spells. To balance
>things, you can make tarot mages adepts or you could give more power to
>major arcana.
Well, I'm going with the "hermetic mage with Tarot theme" rather than
"Tarot mage as some new kind of tradition" (which I think gives short
shrift to the notion of Hermetic magic), so I figured health spells
would fit in there somewhere. I expect that the progression through
the Major Arcana would be useful for health spells-- I'd expect any
healing spell to conclude with The World, for instance. Quite possibly,
Health spells and metaplanar stuff would require the full deck, so
an Increased Reflexes spell would require laying out a lot of wands
as well as The Chariot and whatever else you deemed appropriate.
Tarot could make a fine Centering skill as well: you take some extra
time on your spellcast by arranging the cards just so.
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